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Young Voters Celebrate Biden's Projected Election Win

Madeline Joung

   WASHINGTON - Young voters, including many of color, turned out in
   record numbers this electionand overwhelmingly supported the Democratic
   ticket, helping to push projected election winners Joe Biden and Kamala
   Harris tosecurethe highest offices in the U.S.

   "This victory belongs to young people,"saidRachel Fleischer, executive
   director ofthe Washington-based youth advocacy groupYoungInvincibles,in
   a statement released Saturday.

   "Young voters ... came out in force and continue to actively shape the
   future of our country. [1]Young voters of color proved instrumental in
   determining the outcome of the presidential contest. Young people have
   now bestowed the new leaders of our nation with the responsibility to
   move expeditiously in a new direction," shesaid.

   Among the nearly [2]240 million eligible voters in the U.S., about 20%
   are 18- to 29-year-olds, according to the Center for Information and
   Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at Tufts University
   in Medford, Massachusetts.

References

   1. https://younginvincibles.org/statement-on-the-general-election-2/
   2. http://www.electproject.org/2020g

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